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The Tamil National Alliance on Thursday rejected reports it would join the unity government, after Sri Lanka's coalition government plunged into crisis following its poor performance at the local elections this weekend.

"We will not join with the government until a solution to the national question is imminent, the TNA spokesperson, M A Sumanthiran was quoted by Athavan News as saying. The weblink to the article was subsequently tweeted by the TNA's official Twitter account.

"We will support the government side which attempts to take progressive action on the achieving a solution to the Tamil people's problems from the opposition," he added.